May Events in the American Revolution: Ethan Allen, Tea Act, Charleston Captured and Battle of Waxhaws

MAY 10, 1775

**  Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys seize Fort Ticonderoga.  Also, the Second Continental Congress meets

MAY  10, 1773

**  Tea Act--  An attempt by Parliament to undercut smugglers by reducing the price of tea to the colonies.

MAY 12, 1780

**  British capture of Charleston, South Carolina.

MAY 15, 1781

**  Battle of Fort Granby, South Carolina.

MAY  20, 1778

**  Battle of Barren Hill, Pennsylvania.

MAY  28, 1754

**  The French and Indian War begins.

MAY 29, 1780

**  Battle of Waxhaws, South Carolina

--Cooter